David William Stout has been charged with two child pornography offences, after he used his laptop to access the material at two different city-owned buildings in Regina.
The Saskatchewan Internet Child Exploitation (ICE) Unit charged Stout, 46, from Regina, with possession of child pornography and accessing child pornography after receiving a complaint in February, according to an RCMP news release. The complaint alleged that someone was using publicly available Wi-Fi at a City of Regina building.
On April 3, Stout was again observed at a Regina building using his laptop on public Wi-Fi. Members of the ICE Unit arrested him and seized his laptop computer, cell phone and storage devices. He was subsequently charged with the offences and held in custody overnight to appear in Saskatchewan provincial court in Regina the next day.
Stout was later released on numerous conditions and is to appear in court on Wednesday, April 17 at 9:30 a.m. in Regina.
The Saskatchewan ICE Unit is comprised of investigators from the RCMP, the Regina Police Service, the Saskatoon Police Service and Prince Albert Police Service. The unit’s mandate is to investigate crimes involving the abuse and/or exploitation of children on the internet.
